2014 term United States Supreme Court opinions of Stephen Breyer

The 2014 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 6, 2014 and concluded October 4, 2015. This was the twenty-first term of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's tenure on the Court .
Stephen Breyer 2014 term statistics
8
 Majority or Plurality
4
 Concurrence
0
 Other
4
 Dissent
1
 Concurrence/dissent Total = 17
Bench opinions = 16 Opinions relating to orders = 1 In-chambers opinions = 0
Unanimous opinions: 2 Most joined by: Ginsburg (13) Least joined by: Scalia, Alito (3)
Type Case Citation Issues Joined by Other opinions
1-01



Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc. 574 U.S. ___ (2015)

 patent law  • claim construction  • appellate standard of review  • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Thomas
4-02



Bower v. Texas 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 death penalty  • consideration of mitigating evidence at sentencing Ginsburg, Sotomayor
Breyer dissented from the Court's denial of certiorari.
1-03



Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Pregnancy Discrimination Act  • disparate treatment claim Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Alito
 Scalia
 Kennedy
1-04



Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Fourteenth Amendment  • Equal Protection Clause  • redistricting  • racial gerrymandering  • Voting Rights Act of 1965 Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Scalia
 Thomas
2-05



Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc. 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Medicaid  • Supremacy Clause  • implied right of action
Scalia
 Sotomayor
1-06



Oneok, Inc. v. Learjet, Inc. 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Natural Gas Act  • federal preemption of state antitrust laws Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan; Thomas (in part)
Thomas
 Scalia
2-07



Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 First Amendment  • freedom of speech  • ban on personal solicitation of campaign funds by judicial candidates
Roberts
 Ginsburg
 Scalia
 Kennedy
 Alito
1-08



Tibble v. Edison Int'l 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Employee Retirement Income Security Act  • breach of fiduciary duty  • statute of limitations Unanimous
1-09



Coleman v. Tollefson 575 U.S. ___ (2015)

 in forma pauperis filing status  • ineligibility after dismissals of three frivolous suits  • effect of pending appeal Unanimous
2-10



Zivotofsky v. Kerry 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 political question doctrine  • U.S. position on status of Jerusalem  • Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003  • passport designation of births in Jerusalem
Kennedy
 Thomas
 Roberts
 Scalia
Breyer stated that he continued to believe the case presented a nonjusticiable political question, but joined the Court's opinion because its precedent in Zivotofsky v. Clinton (from which he had dissented) precluded resolving the case on that ground.
4-11



Kerry v. Din 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Immigration and Nationality Act  • exclusion of alien for terrorist activities  • denial of spouse's visa  • Due Process Clause  • substantive due process  • liberty interest in marriage Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Scalia
 Kennedy
4-12



Baker Botts L.L.P. v. ASARCO LLC 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 bankruptcy law  • Chapter 11  • attorney's fee application  • award of attorneys fees for defending application  • American Rule Ginsburg, Kagan
Thomas
 Sotomayor
2-13



Reed v. Town of Gilbert 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 First Amendment  • free speech  • content-based restrictions  • regulation of signs on private property
Thomas
 Alito
 Kagan
1-14



Walker v. Texas Div., Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 First Amendment  • free speech  • government speech  • specialty license plates Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Alito
3-15



Horne v. Department of Agriculture 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937  • National Raisin Reserve  • Fifth Amendment  • Takings Clause Ginsburg, Kagan
Roberts
 Thomas
 Sotomayor
1-16



Kingsley v. Hendrickson 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Fourteenth Amendment  • Due Process Clause  • excessive force against pretrial detainee Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Scalia
 Alito
4-17



Glossip v. Gross 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

 Eighth Amendment  • death penalty  • use of midazolam in lethal injection Ginsburg
Alito
 Scalia
 Thomas
 Sotomayor

References

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Supreme Court of the United States 2014 term (October 6, 2014 - October 4, 2015)
Opinions by justice:
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